inhibition

  • 1INHIBITION — L’évolution du concept d’inhibition nerveuse est assez remarquable; presque dès l’origine, il fut appliqué à l’interprétation de phénomènes de complexités très différentes, relevant d’échelles d’appréhension du fonctionnement nerveux les plus… …

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  • 2Inhibition — In hi*bi tion, n. [L. inhibitio: cf. F. inhibition.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a… …

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  • 3inhibition — index censorship, constraint (restriction), control (restriction), damper (stopper), deterrence …

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  • 4inhibition — late 14c., formal prohibition; interdiction of legal proceedings by authority; also, the document setting forth such a prohibition, from O.Fr. inibicion and directly from L. inhibitionem (nom. inhibitio) a restraining, from pp. stem of inhibere… …

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  • 5inhibition — [n] restriction, hindrance bar, barrier, blockage, check, embargo, hangup, interdict, interference, obstacle, prevention, prohibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, selfconsciousness, shyness, sublimation, suppression; concepts 411,657 Ant. aid …

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  • 6inhibition — Inhibition, Inhibitio. Contrevenir aux inhibitions et defenses, Contra interdicta facere. Budaeus. Faire inhibitions et defenses, Edicere, Edicto vetare. Bud. Faire inhibitions et defenses sur certaines et grandes peines, Mulctam grandem… …

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  • 7inhibition — Inhibition. s. f. Terme de Pratique. Deffense, prohibition. Inhibitions & deffenses sont faites à toutes personnes. l Arrest portoit, l Ordonnance portoit inhibitions & deffenses. Il se joint presque tousjours avec le mot de Deffense: & a plus d… …

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  • 8inhibition — ► NOUN 1) the action of inhibiting or process of being inhibited. 2) a feeling that makes one unable to act in a relaxed and natural way …

    English terms dictionary

  • 9inhibition — [in΄hi bish′ən, in΄ibish′ən] n. [ME inhibicion < OFr < L inhibitio] 1. an inhibiting or being inhibited 2. anything that inhibits, esp., a mental or psychological process that restrains or suppresses an action, emotion, or thought …

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  • 10inhibition — /in i bish euhn, in hi /, n. 1. the act of inhibiting. 2. the state of being inhibited. 3. something that inhibits; constraint. 4. Psychol. a. the blocking or holding back of one psychological process by another. b. inappropriate conscious or… …

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